Is elevated troponin associated with in-hospital mortality in emergency department patients admitted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-57

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a   Klim, Sharon ^a  

^a SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Mortality; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; ROC CURVE; TROPONIN;

EID: 84872200298     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32834fe934     Document Type: Article

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